HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship

Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constituciun, ordered by the Chilean Navy, but purchased by the United Kingdom as part of ending the Argentine-Chilean naval arms race. In British service, Swiftsure was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and Channel Fleets before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1909. She rejoined Home Fleet in 1912 and was transferred to the East Indies Station in 1913, to act as its flagship. After the beginning of World War I in August 1914, Swiftsure escorted troop convoys in the Indian Ocean until she was transferred to the Suez Canal Patrol in December. After defending the Canal in early 1915 from Ottoman attacks, the ship was then transferred to the Dardanelles in February and saw action in the Dardanelles Campaign bombarding Ottoman fortifications. Swiftsure was assigned to convoy escort duties in the Atlantic from early1916 until she was paid off in April 1917 to provide crews for anti-submarine vessels. In mid-1918, the ship was disarmed to be used as a blockship during a proposed second raid on Ostend. Swiftsure was sold for scrap in 1920

Anti-submarine Assigned Attacks Blockship Bombarding Chilean Constitucion Convoy Convoys Crews Dardanelles Defending Disarmed Duties Ending Escort Escorted Flagship Fleets Fortifications Initially Moored Ordered Ostend Paid Pre-dreadnought Proposed Provide Purchased Rejoined Scrap Suez Swiftsure Transferred

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